Punchneedle Penny Series – March, April, May Punch your own Punchneedle Pennies all year! Each chartpak comes with the multi-use iron-on transfer and a lovely piece of hand-dyed weaver's cloth by Lakeside Linens & Designs, especially chosen for each design. The designs are also embellished with the wonderful clay buttons from Just Another Button Company; which are readily available from your needlework or quilt retailer. Each is sized to finish around 4'' in diameter so a 6'' hoop will work nicely. Each piece is designed to show off the colored weaver's cloth, but if you prefer a more solid look, you can easily draw a circle around your design (directly onto the fabric with the rest of the transferred design) and fill in with a background color of your choice, perhaps one that blends with the background fabric color. Just be sure to leave some of that lovely background fabric exposed when you finish your piece. Instructions for the seasonal wall hangings shown are included in each chartpak, so collect them all and display them year round! Wools from Weeks Dye Works are used in our models, but many of you can go to your stash and find some great colors to use! Or-mount the pennies on box tops, scrapbook covers, basket toppers - let your imagination take off! MARCH - In Like a Lion Use all three punchneedle sizes in this design; your 6-strand needle makes wonderful texture for the sheep’s wool and you will trim the loops of the lion’s mane to rough it up a bit. Colors from DMC and Gentle Art are just lovely on the River Willow color weavers cloth–it’s a truly restful color palette. APRIL - Topiary Garden Rabbit Get in the mood for spring by punching this rabbit topiary in its spring garden. Using colors from DMC, Gentle Art and Weeks Dye Works, this garden will ‘spring’ to life on the French Lilac weavers cloth. A bit of change in loop depth and some sculpting add texture, and you finish it off with that little ‘doodlebug’ button! MAY - The Potting Bench The potting bench really gets a work out this time of year! Using 1 and 3 strand punchneedles, punch this design on the Pear weaver's cloth included in your chartpak. Colors are from both Gentle Art and Weeks Dye Works, and you will change loop depth some to add texture. Buttons include a tiny bird perched on the flower pot and the rosebud on the gardening glove-left behind on the bench.

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